OPP Health Fraud Unit Charges Doctor

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Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Rackets Branch, Health Fraud Investigation Unit have charged a Niagara Falls physician with fraud and other offences in relation to billings that were submitted to the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) for services that were either not provided or billed inappropriately.

Andrew TAYLOR, aged 53, of Toronto, Ontario has been charged with one count of Fraud Over $5000 contrary to section 380(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada and Uttering a Forged Document contrary to section 368(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines on July 22, 2019. The case remains under investigation.

The Health Fraud Investigation Unit of the Anti-Rackets Branch is comprised of OPP investigators who investigate allegations of fraud relating to the Ontario Health Care System on behalf of the Ministry of Health.

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